Stewart Injury

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Manly's Brett Stewart is out of City-Country with a calf injury and, according to Country doctor Hugh Hazard, he is not guaranteed to be fit for Origin I. "Calves can be a real pain," Hazard said in Wollongong. "They can keep you out for two weeks or six weeks. They will certainly want to get some fitness work out of him before (Origin)."

City Origin full-back Brett Hodgson is next in line, with Melbourne's Steve Turner a possible bolter.